MISRA C++:2008 rules

UNREACH.ENUM  Code is unreachable due to the possible value(s) of an enum

UNREACH.GEN  Unreachable code

UNREACH.RETURN  Unreachable Void Return

CWARN.NOEFFECT.UCMP.GE  Comparison of unsigned value against 0 is always true

CWARN.NOEFFECT.UCMP.GE.MACRO  Comparison of unsigned value against 0 within a macro is always true

CWARN.NOEFFECT.UCMP.LT  Comparison of unsigned value against 0 is always false

CWARN.NOEFFECT.UCMP.LT.MACRO  Comparison of unsigned value against 0 within a macro is always false

LV_UNUSED.GEN  Local variable unused

MISRA.FUNC.UNUSEDRET  Return value of a non-void function is not used

VA_UNUSED.GEN  Value is Never Used after Assignment

VA_UNUSED.INIT  Value is Never Used after Initialization

UNUSED.FUNC.GEN  Function defined but not used

MISRA.FUNC.UNUSEDPAR  Formal parameter of a non-virtual function is not used

MISRA.FUNC.UNUSEDPAR.UNNAMED  Unnamed formal parameter of a non-virtual function is not used

MISRA.FUNC.VIRTUAL.UNUSEDPAR  Formal parameter of a virtual function set is not used

MISRA.ASSIGN.OVERLAP  Object is assigned to an overlapping object

MISRA.CHAR.TRIGRAPH  Trigraph usage

MISRA.CHAR.DIGRAPH  Digraph usage

MISRA.TOKEN.BADCOM  Inappropriate character sequence in a comment

MISRA.TOKEN.COMMENTED.CODE  Comment appears to contain commented out source code

MISRA.TOKEN.COMMENTED.CODE  Comment appears to contain commented out source code

MISRA.VAR.HIDDEN  Identifier declared in an inner scope hides identifier in outer scope

MISRA.TYPEDEF.NOT_UNIQUE  Typedef name is used for another entity

MISRA.CT.UNIQUE.ID  Identifier clashes with tag name

MISRA.VAR.UNIQUE.STATIC  Identifier with static storage specifier clashes with other identifier

MISRA.TYPE.NAMECLASH.CPP.2008  Identifier in one name space has same spelling as identifier in other name space

MISRA.TOKEN.WRONGESC.CPP.2008  Incorrect escape sequence in a literal

MISRA.TOKEN.OCTAL.ESCAPE  Usage of octal escape sequences

MISRA.TOKEN.OCTAL.INT  Usage of octal integer constants

MISRA.LITERAL.UNSIGNED.SUFFIX  Unsigned integer literal without 'U' suffix

MISRA.LITERAL.SUFFIX.CASE  Literal suffix in lower case.

MISRA.STRINGS.CONCAT  Narrow and wide string literals concatenated

MISRA.ONEDEFRULE.FUNC  Global function definition in a header file

MISRA.ONEDEFRULE.VAR  Global variable definition in a header file

MISRA.DECL.FUNC_LOCAL  Function is declared locally

MISRA.DECL.ARRAY_SIZE  Declaration of array with unknown size

MISRA.OBJ.TYPE.COMPAT  Type not compatible with type of other declaration

MISRA.LINKAGE.EXTERN  Object or function declaration with external linkage not in header file

MISRA.FUNC.STATIC.REDECL  Function or object redeclaration does not include 'static' modifier

MISRA.VAR.MIN.VIS  Name visibility is too wide

MISRA.OBJ.TYPE.IDENT  Type not identical with type of other declaration

MISRA.BUILTIN_NUMERIC  Builtin numeric type is used

MISRA.FLOAT.BIT.REPR  Use of bit manipulations of floating-point values which rely on storage layout

MISRA.LOGIC.OPERATOR.NOT_BOOL  Operand of non-logical operator is effectively boolean

MISRA.ENUM.OPERAND  Expression of enum type is used in arithmetic context

MISRA.CHAR.OPERAND  Expression of type 'char' or 'wchar_t' is used as non-character operand

MISRA.LITERAL.NULL.INT  NULL used as an integer value.

MISRA.LITERAL.NULL.PTR  Literal zero used as the null-pointer-constant.

PORTING.VAR.EFFECTS  Variable used twice in one expression where one usage is subject to side-effects

MISRA.EXPR.PARENS.INSUFFICIENT  Limited dependence required for operator precedence rules in expressions

MISRA.EXPR.PARENS.REDUNDANT  Limited dependence required for operator precedence rules in expressions

MISRA.CVALUE.IMPL.CAST.CPP  The value of an expression implicitly converted to a different type

MISRA.CONV.INT.SIGN  Implicit integral conversion changes signedness

MISRA.CONV.FLOAT  Implicit floating-point conversion

MISRA.CONV.NUM.NARROWER  Implicit numeric conversion to narrower type

MISRA.CAST.FLOAT_INT  Cast of floating point expression to integral type

MISRA.CAST.INT_FLOAT  Cast of integral expression to floating point type

MISRA.CAST.FLOAT.WIDER  Cast of floating point expression to a wider floating point type

MISRA.CAST.INT.WIDER  Cast of integral expression to a wider integral type

MISRA.CAST.INT.SIGN  Non-trivial integral expression is cast to type with different signedness

MISRA.CAST.UNSIGNED_BITS  The result of bitwise operation on unsigned char or short is not cast back to original type

MISRA.CHAR.NOT_CHARACTER  'char' is used for non-character value

MISRA.SIGNED_CHAR.NOT_NUMERIC  'signed char' or 'unsigned char' is used for non-numeric value

MISRA.STMT.COND.NOT_BOOLEAN  Condition of if or loop statement is not a boolean expression

MISRA.EXPR.COND.NOT_BOOLEAN  First operand of conditional expression is not a boolean expression

MISRA.PTR.ARITH  Pointer is used in arithmetic or array index expression

MISRA.PTR.ARITH.NOT_SAME.2008  A pointer resulting from arithmetic on a pointer operand shall address an element of the same array as that pointer operand

MISRA.PTR.SUB  Pointer subtraction shall only be applied if pointing to same array

MISRA.PTR.SUB.OBJECT  Pointer subtraction shall only be applied if pointing to same object

MISRA.PTR.CMP.2008  Pointer comparison using comparison operators shall only be applied if pointing to same array and within the range

MISRA.PTR.CMP.OBJECT.2008  Pointer comparison using comparison operators shall only be applied if pointing to same object and within the range

MISRA.PTR.TO_PTR_TO_PTR  Pointer declaration has more than two levels of indirection

MISRA.BITS.OPERAND  Operands of bitwise operation have different underlying types

MISRA.BITS.NOT_UNSIGNED  Operand of bitwise operation is not unsigned integer

MISRA.BITS.NOT_UNSIGNED.PREP  Operand of bitwise operation is not unsigned integer

MISRA.LOGIC.POSTFIX  Operand in a logical 'and' or 'or' expression is not a postfix expression

MISRA.CAST.PTR.VRCLASS  A cast form pointer to a virtual base class to pointer to a derived class does not use 'dynamic_cast'

MISRA.CAST.POLY.TYPE  Cast from a polymorphic base class to a derived class

MISRA.C_CAST  C-style cast to non-void type

MISRA.FUNC_CAST  Functional notation cast different from explicit constructor call

MISRA.CAST.CONST  Cast operation removes const or volatile modifier from a pointer or reference

MISRA.CAST.FUNC_PTR.CPP  Cast converts function pointer to other pointer type

MISRA.CAST.PTR.UNRELATED  Object of pointer type cast to unrelated type

MISRA.CAST.INT_TO_PTR  Object with integer type or pointer to void cast to pointer type

MISRA.CAST.PTR_TO_INT  Cast between a pointer and an integral type

MISRA.INCR_DECR.OTHER  Increment or decrement operator is mixed with other operators in expression

MISRA.BIN_OP.OVERLOAD  Comma, || or && operator overloaded

MISRA.FUNC.ARRAY.PARAMS  Function argument with array type decay to a pointer

MISRA.LOGIC.NOT_BOOL  Operand of logical operation is not boolean

MISRA.UMINUS.UNSIGNED  Operand of unary minus is unsigned

MISRA.UN_OP.OVERLOAD  Unary & operator is overloaded

MISRA.SIZEOF.SIDE_EFFECT  Operand of sizeof has side effects

MISRA.SHIFT.RANGE  Right operand of shift operation is out of range - greater or equal to max bit-length of left operand, or negative

MISRA.LOGIC.SIDEEFF  Right operand in a logical 'and' or 'or' expression contains side effects

MISRA.COMMA  Comma operator is used

MISRA.COMP.WRAPAROUND  Wrap-around in a condition

MISRA.ELIF.WRAPAROUND  Wrap-around in #elif directive

MISRA.IF.WRAPAROUND  Wrap-around in #if directive

NUM.OVERFLOW.DF  Possible numeric overflow or wraparound

MISRA.ASSIGN.COND  Assignment operator is used in a condition

MISRA.ASSIGN.SUBEXPR  Assignment operator is used in a sub-expression outside a condition

MISRA.FLOAT_EQUAL  Floating point expression is tested for equality

MISRA.NULL.STMT  Null statement is not the only statement on line or comments are placed incorrectly

MISRA.STMT.NO_COMPOUND  The body of switch, while, do/while or for statement is not a compound statement

MISRA.IF.NO_COMPOUND  The body of if/else statement is not a compound statement

MISRA.IF.NO_ELSE  A chain of if/else-if statements is not terminated with else or is terminated with an empty else clause

MISRA.SWITCH.NOT_WELL_FORMED  Switch statement is not well-formed

MISRA.SWITCH.LABEL  A switch label belongs to nested compound statement inside switch body

MISRA.SWITCH.NO_BREAK  No break or throw statement at the end of switch-clause

MISRA.SWITCH.NODEFAULT  No default clause at the end of a switch statement

MISRA.SWITCH.BOOL  Condition of switch statement is boolean expression

MISRA.SWITCH.NO_CASE  No case-clause in a switch statement

MISRA.FOR.COUNTER.FLT  For loop counter has a floating point type

MISRA.FOR.COUNTER.MANY  Many counters in a for loop

MISRA.FOR.COND.EQ  ++ or -- operations are not used to change loop counter, but condition tests loop counter for equality

MISRA.FOR.COND.CHANGE  For loop counter is modified within the loop condition section

MISRA.FOR.STMT.CHANGE  For loop counter is modified within the loop statement

MISRA.FOR.INCR  For loop counter is modified in an inappropriate way

MISRA.FOR.LOOP_CONTROL.CHANGE.COND  Loop control variable is modified in condition section of a for loop

MISRA.FOR.LOOP_CONTROL.CHANGE.EXPR  Loop control variable is modified in expression section of a for loop

MISRA.FOR.LOOP_CONTROL.NOT_BOOLEAN  Loop control variable is not boolean

MISRA.GOTO.NESTED  Goto to a label declared in a nested compound statement

MISRA.GOTO.AFTER.LABEL  Unconstrained use of goto

MISRA.CONTINUE.ILL  Continue statement is used in an ill-formed for loop

MISRA.ITER.ONETERM  Iteration statement has more than one break or goto for loop termination.

MISRA.RETURN.NOT_LAST  Return is not the last statement in a function

MISRA.VAR.NEEDS.CONST  Variable is not modified but is declared without const qualifier

MISRA.PPARAM.NEEDS.CONST  Pointer parameter is not used to modify the addressed object but is not declared as a pointer to const

MISRA.NS.GLOBAL  Function, variable or type declaration in global namespace

MISRA.NS.GLOBAL.USING  Using directive or declaration in global namespace

MISRA.NS.MAIN  Non-global function with name 'main' is defined

MISRA.NAMESPACE.UNMD  Unnamed namespace in header file

MISRA.NS.USING_DIR  Using directive

MISRA.NS.USING_DECL  Multiple declarations for an identifier in the same namespace should not straddle a using-declaration for that identifier

MISRA.NAMESPACE.DECL  Using-declaration in header file

MISRA.NAMESPACE.DIR  Using-directive in header file

MISRA.NS.USING.HEADER  Using directive or declaration is used in a header file

MISRA.PRAGMA.ASM  Incorrect assembler instruction

MISRA.ASM.ENCAPS  Assembly language is not isolated.

LOCRET.RET  Function returns address of local variable

LOCRET.ARG  Function returns address of local variable

LOCRET.GLOB  Function returns address of local variable

MISRA.ADDR.REF.PARAM  Function returns reference to parameter passed by reference

MISRA.ADDR.REF.PARAM.PTR  Function returns address of parameter passed by reference

MISRA.FUNC.RECUR  Recursive function

MISRA.DECL.MANY_DCLS  More than one declarator in one declaration

MISRA.SAME.DEFPARAMS  Overriding virtual function and the function it overrides have different default arguments

MISRA.FUNC.VARARG  Function with variable number of arguments

MISRA.FUNC.PARAMS.IDENT  Identifiers used in declaration and definition of function are not identical

FUNCRET.GEN  Non-void function does not return value

MISRA.FUNC.ADDR  Address of a function is used without & operator

UNINIT.CTOR.MIGHT  Uninitialized Variable in Constructor - possible

UNINIT.CTOR.MUST  Uninitialized Variable in Constructor

UNINIT.HEAP.MIGHT  Uninitialized Heap Use - possible

UNINIT.HEAP.MUST  Uninitialized Heap Use

UNINIT.STACK.ARRAY.MIGHT  Uninitialized Array - possible

UNINIT.STACK.ARRAY.MUST  Uninitialized Array

UNINIT.STACK.ARRAY.PARTIAL.MUST  Partially Uninitialized Array

UNINIT.STACK.MIGHT  Uninitialized Variable - possible

UNINIT.STACK.MUST  Uninitialized Variable

MISRA.INIT.BRACES  Incorrect initializer braces placement.

MISRA.ENUM.INIT  Non-first enumerator is explicitly initialized, but not all elements are explicitly initialized.

MISRA.CONST.RET.NON_CONST  Constant member function returns non-const pointer to member variable

MISRA.RET.REF.NON_CONST  Member function returns non-const handle to member variable

MISRA.MEMB.NON_CONST  Non-const member function does not change any member variables

MISRA.MEMB.NON_STATIC  Non-static member function does not use other non-static members of the same class

MISRA.UNION  Union is used

MISRA.BITFIELD.TYPE.CPP  Type of bit-field is neither bool, nor signed/unsigned integer

MISRA.FIELD.BIT.ENUM  Bit-field has enum type.

MISRA.BITFIELD.SIGNED  Length of a named signed bit-field is less than 2

MISRA.DERIVE.VIRTUAL  Class is derived from virtual base

MISRA.VIRTUAL.BASE.DIAMOND  Base class is used as virtual not in diamond hierarchy

MISRA.BASE.VIRTUAL.NOTVIRTUAL  Base class is used as both virtual and not virtual in inheritance hierarchy

MISRA.BASE.IDS.UNIQUE  Member name is used twice in inheritance hierarchy

MISRA.BASE.MANYDEFS  Both overriding and overridden virtual functions have definitions

MISRA.VIRTUAL.NOVIRTUAL  Overriding virtual function declared with no 'virtual' keyword

MISRA.PUREVIRT.OVRD  Pure virtual function overrides a non pure virtual function

MISRA.MEMB.NOT_PRIVATE  Member variable in non-POD class is not private

MISRA.CTOR.DYNAMIC  Object's dynamic type is used from the body of its constructor

MISRA.DTOR.DYNAMIC  Object's dynamic type is used from the body of its destructor

MISRA.CTOR.BASE  Constructor does not explicitly call constructor of its base class

MISRA.CTOR.NOT_EXPLICIT  Constructor with one argument of built-in type is not declared 'explicit'

MISRA.COPYASSIGN.ABSTRACT  Copy assignment should be declared protected or private in an abstract class

MISRA.GENFU.ASSOC  Generic function is declared in an associated namespace

MISRA.COPY.CSTR.TMPL  Class has a template constructor with a single generic parameter, but has no copy constructor defined

MISRA.COPYASSIGN.TMPL  A copy ssignment operator should be defined when class has a template copy assignment operator with a single generic parameter

MISRA.TEMPLMEM.NOQUAL  In an instantiated template a member declared in a dependant base is used without a qualificator or 'this'

MISRA.FUNC.DECL.AFTERUSE  Function chosen by overload resolution when instantiating a template is declared after its usage

MISRA.SPEC.ILL  Explicit instantiation of a template makes the code ill-formed

MISRA.SPEC.SAMEFILE  Template specialization and its primary template are declared in different files

MISRA.FUNC.SPEC.OVRLD  Viable function set for a function call contains an overloaded template and its explicit specialization

MISRA.FUNC.SPEC.NOTSPEC  Viable function set for a function call contains both specializations and non-specializations

MISRA.THROW.PTR  Exception object is a pointer

MISRA.TRY.JUMP  Control can be transferred into a try block with goto or switch statement

MISRA.THROW.NULL  NULL is thrown explicitly

MISRA.THROW.EMPTY  Empty throw expression does not belong to a catch block

MISRA.CATCH.ALL  No ellipsis exception handler in a try-catch block

MISRA.CTOR.TRY.NON_STATIC  Function try/catch block of constructor or destructor references non-static members

MISRA.CATCH.BY_VALUE  Exception object of class type is caught by value

MISRA.CATCH.WRONGORD  Handler for a base exception class precedes to a handler for a derived exception class in a try-catch block

MISRA.CATCH.NOALL  Ellipsis exception handler is not the last one in a try-catch block

MISRA.DECL.EXCPT.SPEC  Function is declared with different exception specifications

MISRA.DTOR.THROW  Throw in destructor

MISRA.TERMINATE  terminate() function is called explicitly

MISRA.INCL.INSIDE  Include directive preceded by a preprocessor output token

MISRA.DEFINE.NOTGLOBAL  Define not at the global level

MISRA.UNDEF.NOTGLOBAL  Undef not at the global level

MISRA.UNDEF  Undef usage

MISRA.DEFINE.FUNC  Function-like macro definition

MISRA.EXPANSION.DIRECTIVE  Directive-like tokens within a macro argument

MISRA.DEFINE.NOPARS  Macro parameter with no parentheses

MISRA.ELIF.UNDEF  Undefined macros in #elif directive

MISRA.IF.UNDEF  Undefined macros in #if directive

MISRA.USE.UNKNOWNDIR  Unknown preprocessor directive is used

MISRA.ELIF.DEFINED  Incorrect 'defined' usage in #elif directive

MISRA.IF.DEFINED  Incorrect 'defined' usage in #if directive

MISRA.ELIF.OTHERFILE  #elif in an improper file

MISRA.ELSE.OTHERFILE  #else in an improper file

MISRA.ENDIF.OTHERFILE  #endif in an improper file

MISRA.USE.DEFINE  Non-guarding macro definition

MISRA.USE.EXPANSION  Macro expansion

MISRA.USE.WRONGDIR  Improper preprocessor directive

MISRA.DEFINE.BADEXP.CPP  Inappropriate macro expansion in a C++ source

MISRA.INCGUARD  Include guard is not provided

MISRA.INCL.SYMS  Non-standard characters in header file names

MISRA.INCL.SYMS  Non-standard characters in header file names

MISRA.INCL.BAD  Non-standard include directive

MISRA.DEFINE.SHARP.MANY  Several # or ## operators in a macro definition

MISRA.DEFINE.SHARP  # or ## operator in a macro definition

MISRA.PRAGMA  Non-documented pragma directive

MISRA.DEFINE.WRONGNAME  Usage of a name from the standard library for naming a macro

MISRA.DEFINE.WRONGNAME.UNDERSCORE  Usage of a reserved name for naming a macro

MISRA.UNDEF.WRONGNAME  Undefinition of a name from the standard library

MISRA.UNDEF.WRONGNAME.UNDERSCORE  Undefinition of a reserved name

MISRA.STDLIB.WRONGNAME  Reused name of standard library macro, object or function

MISRA.STDLIB.WRONGNAME.UNDERSCORE  Usage of a reserved name for naming a language entity

MISRA.EXPANSION.UNSAFE  Unsafe macro usage

MISRA.STDLIB.LONGJMP  Use of setjmp macro or longjmp function

MISRA.EXPANSION.UNSAFE  Unsafe macro usage

MISRA.INCL.UNSAFE  Unsafe header inclusion

MISRA.STDLIB.ATOI  Use of 'atof', 'atoi' or 'atol' from library stdlib.h

MISRA.STDLIB.ABORT  Use of 'abort', 'exit', 'getenv' or 'system' from library stdlib.h

MISRA.INCL.UNSAFE  Unsafe header inclusion

MISRA.STDLIB.TIME  Use of the time handling functions of library time.h

MISRA.STDLIB.CSTRING  Function from 'cstring' library is used

MISRA.STDLIB.CSTRING.MACRO  Macro from 'cstring' library is used

MISRA.EXPANSION.UNSAFE  Unsafe macro usage

MISRA.STDLIB.MEMORY  Use of dynamic heap memory allocation

MISRA.EXPANSION.UNSAFE  Unsafe macro usage

MISRA.INCL.UNSAFE  Unsafe header inclusion

MISRA.STDLIB.SIGNAL  Use of the signal handling facilities of signal.h

MISRA.EXPANSION.UNSAFE  Unsafe macro usage

MISRA.STDLIB.ERRNO  Use of error indicator 'errno'

MISRA.INCL.UNSAFE  Unsafe header inclusion

MISRA.STDLIB.STDIO  Use of input/output library stdio.h in production code